About
I’m Kash Sajadi. I build software and write about the things that stay with me long after the screen goes dark.
I grew up between Tehran and London and started programming when I was twelve. Living between different political and cultural worlds shaped how I think about power, institutions, and the stories societies tell themselves. As a teenager I was building and selling software to local businesses, mostly because I was curious whether I could. That curiosity has never really left.
I spent part of my early career in finance, including time as a VP at Lehman Brothers, working on trading systems and fixed-income infrastructure. It was a good education in how large systems behave — and misbehave.
I later built Sentimnt, the first personal search engine — an attempt to make the web feel less noisy and more human. It didn’t last, but it shaped how I think about products and failure.
In 2012, I co-founded Cloud 66, where we build tools that help developers deploy and run applications without unnecessary friction. It has been a long, steady, independent journey. I later founded Fortworx, exploring how AI can bring structure and clarity to security workflows.
Outside of technology, I have a longstanding fascination with wine — not just drinking it, but understanding it: regions, structure, balance, time. I’m drawn to disciplines where patience matters and small details compound.
I write here because some ideas need more space than a post or a headline allows — and because writing is a way of keeping myself honest. Memory edits. Narratives drift. Putting thoughts down forces me to see what I actually believed at the time.
I split my time between England and California.
I’m a member of Founders Pledge.